Posts by Garth Meyer

The Redondo Beach Little League age 10 & under AAA White Sox won the District 36 Tournament of Champions June 14 with a 10-3 victory over Rolling Hills.  They beat Hermosa and Palos Verdes earlier in the tournament.   The White Sox won the Redondo Beach AAA title two weeks before that to finish an 11-2…

by Garth Meyer They were not listed for the day’s entertainment. Sea Shift and the Overtimers took the stage in Riviera Village at 10 a.m. last Saturday, before the schedule started at 11:30. The mayor was there, a city councilman and a smattering of a crowd for a band made up of Redondo Beach firefighters.…

by Garth Meyer With Mayor Bill Brand stepping back to focus on a new treatment for his lung cancer, the city council looks to fill-in as necessary, led by a new mayor pro-tem. Councilman Nils Nehrenheim was named to the role in a 3-2 council vote June 21. The decision represented a change from a…

by Garth Meyer The Redondo Beach city council Tuesday night approved Nils Nehrenheim as its next mayor pro-tem, starting July 1.  The move was outside of its regular rotation, which would have made Laura Emdee the next mayor pro-tem. “I am uncomfortable with someone who is terming out this next year (in the role),” said…

City passes budget; holds off on pool, pickleball The city council passed a $101 million budget late Tuesday night, leaving $3 million for reserves.  Funded items included $4 million for work at the Pier – including parking structure repair, ADA bathrooms in part of the old arcade space, paving and painting on the International Boardwalk…

by Garth Meyer Surprise, blame and anxiety mix with optimism and support as residents and city leaders assess a state project to convert a south Redondo motel into subsidized housing for the once-homeless. It is part of Project Homekey, which buys old motels and converts them into “Permanent Supportive Housing.”  The city council voted 5-0…

Proponents of the effort to recall city councilman Zein Obagi, Jr., turned in 2,778 signatures to the city clerk’s office Wednesday morning – over the needed threshold of 2,402 to put it on the ballot.  The signatures will now be reviewed by the county. If enough are verified, Obagi would face a challenger in November.…

by Garth Meyer “An infinite number of variables on an infinite number of dimensions.” That is sailboat racing, according to Denny Browne, King Harbor Yacht Club member and current fifth-place skipper in the summer Twilight Racing Series.  On Thursday evenings from April to September, five classes of sailboats – from 20 feet to 40 feet…

The Riviera Village Summer Festival returns June 24-26 after a three-year gap due to the pandemic.  Held along South Catalina Avenue, Avenue I, Avenida del Norte in the Village, it features a carnival, live entertainment, arts and crafts vendors, food trucks and a wine and beer garden.  Admission is free. A shuttle service, also free,…

Lowering energy use means less need for the aging “peaker plant.” by Garth Meyer Redondo Beach Mayor Bill Brand asks residents to consider cutting electric use during times of peak demand in hopes of convincing the state to close the AES power plant once and for all.  To discontinue it, Brand and other city representatives…

by Garth Meyer Redondo Beach Mayor Bill Brand presented a Lifetime Achievement Award to Mike Zislis Wednesday morning at the “State of the City” address. Zislis’s company, Zislis Group, developed the site of the old Red Onion restaurant and bar into the Shade Redondo Hotel, opening in 2016.  Zislis, in his acceptance speech, told about…

by Garth Meyer The Redondo Beach city council approved, in concept, Tuesday night an educational facility for the waterfront.  “Ocean Encounters” is the umbrella idea, brought to the city by Tom Grimm, owner of Carlsbad Aquafarm, which grows oysters and mussels near San Diego.  Grimm’s concept for King Harbor includes a building to house aquaculture,…